If you had told any Formula 1 fan at the start of 2024 that by the end of the season Alpine would have a double podium and finish sixth in the constructors’ championship, you would probably have been met by some very confused looks.But from the Brazilian Grand Prix, things Read more…
Thankfully, the mooted Valentines’ Day special livery that enrobed the Williams FW47 was none too garish, once the car was revealed during its Silverstone shakedown on Friday. The dark blue screenfade effect was actually quite cool, almost like a gateway into a badly damaged ’90s CRT screen – with the Read more…
It was a moment that caused jaws to drop aplenty in the 2024 Formula 1 season: Williams team boss James Vowles revealing he’d discovered his then still-fairly-new squad was using a single, gigantic, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to itemise its entire car build package.The list ran to multiple thousands of cell Read more…
Three men have been convicted of trying to blackmail Michael Schumacher’s family for millions of pounds.A German court has jailed one individual for three years after he threatened to upload 900 photos, 600 videos, plus medical reports of the seven-time Formula 1 world champion to the dark web unless Schumacher’s Read more…
Ahead of his second Formula 1 season with McLaren last year, Oscar Piastri could feel an awkward “weaknesses” he wanted to address. Now, as his team launches its 2025 challenger, he’s crystal clear he has what it takes to become world champion.After all, the 2024 campaign that ended with McLaren Read more…
It was a rare thing these days. A team hosting an in-person car launch, rather than pressing ‘send’ on an email containing some made-up quotes from its drivers and rendered images of its F1 car.It was even rarer that it was the reigning world champion squad that would be first Read more…
Lando Norris has said starting a new Formula 1 campaign on equal footing with Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen will change how aggressively he can race the Dutchman.Norris mounted an unlikely title bid last year after McLaren started the season significantly worse than Red Bull, but a comprehensive Miami Read more…
McLaren has revealed its MCL39 Formula 1 car at a Silverstone season launch event – becoming the first team to show off a 2025 design, albeit with temporary restrictions on its livery.As all 10 teams are committed to only fully revealing their 2025 liveries at the F1 75 Live event Read more…
Formula 1’s 2025 launch season kicked off in cryptic fashion with the constructors’ championship winners, no less.McLaren opened the yearly cloak-and-dagger proceedings with a quintet of images of its MCL39 from a distance while undergoing its Silverstone shakedown, dressed in a papaya and black dazzle camo livery that makes its Read more…
TAG Heuer has become the first title sponsor in the history of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.The watch manufacturer was named as F1’s official timekeeper in January as part of LVMH’s 10-year global partnership with the series.Now TAG has made history by securing the naming rights to the prestigious Read more…